avocado
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- noun
- /əˈvɑːkɑːdoʊ/
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aguacate
- She added slices of avocado to her tacos for extra flavor.
- avocado and mango
So I'm going to cut the avocado in half.
- So I'm going to cut the avocado in half.
- I'll have like avocado wrap with like hummus.
- So I got a cheeseburger, avocado and black beans.
- So go buy a bunch of avocados and forget you have them.
- So oily fish, eggs, avocado, nuts, seeds.
- And then she did like avocado, extra virgin olive oil.
Examples
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So I'm going to cut the avocado in half.
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Buy an avocado every second day; and when you serve it, also include tomatoes, radishes, or cucumbers.
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And then I'm going to place the avocado on the bread.
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So you're going to need to cut your avocado in half.
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We like avocados, but we do not want them every day.
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The avocado... a native fruit of Mexico and the key ingredient... used in making guacamole.
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It involved lobster and avocado, and I'm sold.
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I'm going to make a chopped chicken, avocado, egg Mayo sandwich.
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Many types of nuts, in addition to pumpkin seeds and avocados, contain fats that are healthy.
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I made a fresh salad with diced avocado, tomatoes, and cucumbers.
Synonyms
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A pear-shaped green or black fruit with soft yellow flesh and one large seed
A soft fruit with rough green or dark skin, yellow-green flesh, and a large seed in the middle
A green pear-shaped fruit with creamy yellow flesh and a large seed
A green fruit with soft flesh often mashed and spread on toast
A funny name for avocado used as a soft spread like guacamole
Compounds
- Literature
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A term for small things people buy that are not necessary and blamed for bigger money problems
- Archaic
A soft fruit with rough green or dark skin, yellow-green flesh, and a large seed in the middle
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Etymology
Avocado comes from the Nahuatl word āhuacatl, later borrowed into Spanish as aguacate, and that old word meant 'testicle' because the fruit is pear-shaped. So the name stuck and now we call the creamy, pear-shaped fruit an avocado.